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Best "weird" food you've ever eaten?
Posted on 5/28/09 at 1:24 am
Posted on 5/28/09 at 1:24 am
I took the wife down to a little island in the Bahamas called Eleuthera for our Honeymoon... great getaway, we stayed on a private beach in a house, and literally only saw two people on that stretch of beach the entire week we were there. The downside to all the seclusion and "simple life" is that there is a lack of restaurants, food stores, etc. Most everything they have at their grocery stores are shipped in from the States or from Nassau - resulting in overpriced, old, stale food.
To go along with that, it was a rare occasion to find any kind of fresh fish (believe it or not) in any store... and if you wanted to eat fresh fish you had to buy it from the fishermen when they would come in off the water at the end of the day. The exception to this is Conch... all of the 4 or 5 restaurants that we visited throughout the island had fresh Conch (by fresh, I mean they literally walked outside, and picked the conch out of the water while we were waiting). We quickly found out that a fresh "conch burger" was the best food on the island... it was amazing, and totally surprising.
What are some of your good (or bad) weird food experiences?
To go along with that, it was a rare occasion to find any kind of fresh fish (believe it or not) in any store... and if you wanted to eat fresh fish you had to buy it from the fishermen when they would come in off the water at the end of the day. The exception to this is Conch... all of the 4 or 5 restaurants that we visited throughout the island had fresh Conch (by fresh, I mean they literally walked outside, and picked the conch out of the water while we were waiting). We quickly found out that a fresh "conch burger" was the best food on the island... it was amazing, and totally surprising.
What are some of your good (or bad) weird food experiences?
This post was edited on 5/28/09 at 1:27 am
Posted on 5/28/09 at 6:32 am to superman
just saw a show about eating conch in the carribean. damn, it was called weird eats.
it looked weird for sure, the host (name escapes me) was eating it raw, and then had two cooked dishes. how expensive was yours?
and to answer your question, i had some friends who came to visit from cali and they were appauled at my crawfish eating
fricking yankees
it looked weird for sure, the host (name escapes me) was eating it raw, and then had two cooked dishes. how expensive was yours?
and to answer your question, i had some friends who came to visit from cali and they were appauled at my crawfish eating
This post was edited on 5/28/09 at 6:35 am
Posted on 5/28/09 at 6:36 am to ksayetiger
Went to Nassau a few years back and I ate conch at lunch and dinner evey day we were there.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 8:51 am to superman
most good except for ketfo in Ethiopia. It didnt agree with my stomach and i was sick all the way back to the states.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 9:15 am to superman
i've had some great dishes done with shark fin, and also some enjoyable dishes with tripe and toungue. Also a lot of good preperations of squid and octopus that weren't just fried or sauteed.
Take a wild guess what style of cooking that is... you'll only need one.
Take a wild guess what style of cooking that is... you'll only need one.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 10:05 am to 40 Rouge
May not be that wierd but I had Beaver meat a few years ago. It was really good
Posted on 5/28/09 at 10:25 am to superman
I'll try pretty much anything-liver, sweetbreads, tripe, tongue, blood sausages, calf fries, bone marrow, fish collars, octopus, squid, goat, rattlesnake a couple times, all manner of wild game.
This post was edited on 5/28/09 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 5/28/09 at 10:48 am to offshoreangler
tongue and i loved it.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 10:58 am to superman
A couple of good ones from minibar in DC:
Cotton Candy Foie Gras - a ball foie gras on a stick and then cotton candy spun around it
Sea Urchin Ceviche with Hibiscus Air
Cotton Candy Foie Gras - a ball foie gras on a stick and then cotton candy spun around it
Sea Urchin Ceviche with Hibiscus Air
Posted on 5/28/09 at 11:11 am to SonOfMike
quote:nevermind, "imanottagonnasayit"
I had Beaver meat a few years ago. It was really good
Posted on 5/28/09 at 11:11 am to superman
Pretty much everything I ate in Korea, "chicken" on a stick, fried squid, fish soup, shrimp burgers. Seaweed "burritos" filled with...stuff. All of it was good.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:40 pm to rutiger
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tongue and i loved it.
tongue is, by far, my favorite dish. However, it is too damn expensive.
wierdest i ever ate was nutria.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:44 pm to tigerdup07
do you consider fresseurs weird?
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:46 pm to tigerdup07
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tongue is, by far, my favorite dish. However, it is too damn expensive.
I can't imagine, this is true.
All the mexican taco stands have tongue tacos, and they're typically as cheap as all the others.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I can't imagine, this is true.
6.99/lb. cleaned and stuffed
This post was edited on 5/28/09 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:50 pm to tigerdup07
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14.95/lb cleaned and stuffed
With what?
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I can't imagine, this is true.
Tongue at the store costs around 10 bucks...a few years ago, it was around 3 bucks. Same goes for beef cheeks, which is what the best barbacoa is out of made-a few years ago it was 2-3 bucks, now it's 7-10 bucks. I don't know why, but there has been a steady climb in price for non typical cuts/offal.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:51 pm to offshoreangler
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Tongue at the store costs around 10 bucks
i bet it aint cleaned
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:54 pm to tigerdup07
Depends on where you get it from. From a Mexican butcher shop you can usually get them to dress it for you, but it's not that hard to dress one yourself.
Posted on 5/28/09 at 12:56 pm to offshoreangler
Just called my uncle's store and it is 6.99/lb cleaned. It must have been 14.95 for the whole tongue that I bought last.

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